"He opened his speech with the politician manner of speaking, but he said essentially that it was the fault of politicians and greedy institutions that caused this current financial catastrophe."

I was very happy to hear this. It would not surprise me, if we will hear him much more on this subject, once he is installed as president. The only way to change Wall Street is to go after the mafia which has been ruling it over the last few years.

I even dare to hope that Paulson and other GS ringleaders may be prosecuted in the future, even if Government Sachs (as the CNBC talkingheads joked today) remains Government Sachs. Obama seems to be a leader who is strong enough to gradually clean up Wall Street institutions.